He held up his empty wooden bowl, and the empty cup of water he'd been drinking from. They began to glow faintly in his hands and he casually and easily moved them through one another. "And if I want I can disintegrate them."
The glow surrounding the bowl and cup intensified briefly and both items crumbled unto loose sawdust.
Peter was impressed. Mole slapped his hands together to brush the dust off.
"How much can you affect with that?" Peter asked.
Mole shrugged. "I can affect around a cubic yard of material at a time, I guess? I can keep doing it though." His voice took on a tinge of pride. "I was part of the team that did the ventilation tunnels."
"Oh," Peter nodded. "Caliban showed me those earlier today. Nice work."
Hump snorted nastily. "Yeah, but it doesn't affect people or living things. So he can't actually use it to protect himself with."
Brute snickered.
Mole shrunk into himself slightly, but gathered his dignity quickly enough to shoot back at the younger, though much larger boy. "Well, yes. My power doesn't directly affect living things, but if I energize a wall, even if I can't energize myself I can pass through it!"
Peter frowned. "Wait. Can you make a wall energized for long enough for several people to pass through without disintegrating it?"
Mole nodded. "Yes. That's easy."
Peter covered his face with his hands as he considered that. "If could do that… why did Sunder need to kick doors open?"
An awkward silence settled on the table for a moment before Hump piped up. "Cause it's fun kicking doors open!"
Brute made an affirmative noise.
"But this is to get supplies… food and stuff for everyone. Not for fun." Peter pointed out which caused the two oversized boys to slump.
Tommy smirked, glancing around the table once more before asking, "Okay, Mister Smarty-pants. What do you think I should be doing for the supply run then?"
Peter eyed her for a long second then asked, "When you're flattened like that, can you pass under doors?"
She seemed to consider it for a moment then nodded. "Yeah. Windows too if the weatherproofing isn't too good."
Peter pinched the bridge of his nose. "Then you probably shouldn't be a lookout. You should already scout the place out first before we break in to make sure there's no one there. You can still be on lookout after we're already in the place."
Tommy considered that for a moment then glanced towards Mole. There was a silent moment between the two before they both nodded.
Mole raised a hand. "Since Dumas beat Sunder and actually is better at the planning thing, I think he should be in charge. Votes?"
Peter blinked in confusion, "Wait. What?"
Tommy grinned. "I don't want the job, so yeah."
Hump and Brute simultaneously both gave a thumbs up and made a raucous noise of support.
Mole nodded, "The aye's have it!"
Peter eyed the smaller man suspiciously. "I was told that the Morlocks aren't a democracy."
Mole grinned back. "We aren't. But since Callisto said you're taking Sunder's place, I guess that puts you in charge."